720-page document lists 49 witnesses; names granite baron, two drivers

CHENNAI: Within 46 days from the date of registration of a case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Pocso Act and sexual harassment charges against granite baron R Veeramani on Thursday filed a 720-page chargesheet with 49 witnesses before the special court for Pocso Act cases.

After formation of the team, seven fresh cases were registered on the complaint of survivors/their mothers with respect to nine Victims.

Among those seven cases, chargesheet was filed in connection with the case was registered on September 27, based on the complaint of the mother of the minor survivor.

The child aged 14 years belongs to Scheduled Caste was sexually abused by Veeramani. His drivers Parthiban and Babu brought her to Veeramani’s place where she was sexually abused, an official statement said.

Apart from sections of the Pocso Act, the SIT has also invoked the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.